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By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews NEWPORT – Preliminary results of a second round of door-to-door sampling July 11-12 by Oregon State University in Newport suggest a significantly lower prevalence of coronavirus compared to a similar sampling three weeks earlier, OSU officials announced Friday. The latest sampling found an estimated community prevalence of six in 1,000 people.

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com At least one Yachats tradition hasn’t been quashed by the COVID-19 pandemic — but it’s been modified to reflect health guidelines. “Yachats Patterns” is the theme of the downtown art banners in the fourth year of the community beautification project, now including a handful that urge “wash hands often” and other coronavirus precautions. “Everybody on the

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A sharp decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases may get Lincoln County off Gov. Kate Brown’s “watch list” as early as Friday. And if there are no new, sudden and large coronavirus outbreaks, county commissioners will then consider applying to enter Oregon’s Phase 2 reopening, which could allow larger gatherings of people and loosen

Lincoln County continues to have the highest unemployment rate in Oregon, according to county-by-county statistics released Tuesday by the Oregon Employment Department. The June unemployment rate for the county was 17 percent, down from a statewide high of 23.7 percent in May, according to regional economist Erik Knoder. A year ago the rate was 4.4 percent. Knoder said the

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com After a surprising halt due to the financially devastating impact of the coronavirus, the Amanda Trail bridge project – considered one of the most historically and culturally significant projects on the Oregon Coast — is back on. State parks officials said Thursday that a new suspension bridge, intended to replace one wiped out four years ago

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com An Oregon agency that overlooked Oregon Coast Community College’s becoming a standalone institution in February almost cost the college $320,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds. The Oregon Legislative Emergency Board on Tuesday allocated the Lincoln County college an additional $320,000 in federal CARES Act funds to help students affected by the pandemic and defray some of

PETE DANKO/Portland Business Journal With a big pot of federal money in hand, Oregon State University trustees have approved a $73.5 million capital budget for PacWave, a project just north of Waldport that backers hope will solidify the state’s status as a world leader in wave-energy research and development. OSU’s Burke Hales, chief scientist for the planned grid-connected test center,